Biology:Cassidini
The Cassidini are a tribe within the leaf beetle subfamily Cassidinae. The Cassidini comprises approximately 40 genera worldwide, and is one of the largest tribes in the subfamily, containing most of the genera and species known collectively as "tortoise beetles". The subfamily names Cassidinae and Hispinae were both founded by Gyllenhal in the same 1813 book, but following the Principle of the First Reviser, Chen in this case,[1] priority is given to the name Cassidinae.[2]
In a 2017 cladistic analysis of Cassidini based on morphological characters, Cassidini was found to be nonmonophyletic with respect to Aspidimorphini, leading the authors of the study to formally synonymize the latter with the former. The same authors also suggested that Ischyrosonychini should also be included within Cassidini.[3]
Genera
- Acrocassis
- Aethiopocassis
- Agroiconota
- Aidoia
- Andevocassis
- Aporocassida
- Austropsecadia
- Basipta
- Bradycassis
- Capelocassis
- Cassida
- Chacocassis
- Charidotella
- Charidotis
- Chelysida
- Chersinellina
- Chiridopsis
- Chiridula
- Coptocycla
- Crambelea
- Cteisella
- Ctenocassida
- Ctenocharidotis
- Ctenophilaspis
- Cyclocassis
- Deloyala
- Drepanocassis
- Emdenia
- Erbolaspis
- Eremionycha
- Erepsocassis
- Exestastica
- Floridocassis
- Fornicocassis
- Glyphocassis
- Gratiana
- Hovacassis
- Hybosa
- Hypocassida
- Ischiocassis
- Ischnocodia
- Ischyronota
- Jonthonota
- Leptocodia
- Limnocassis
- Lorentzocassis
- Macromonycha
- Malayocassis
- Meroscalsis
- Metriona
- Metrionella
- Mexicaspis
- Microctenochira
- Nabathea
- Nuzonia
- Oocassida
- Opacinota
- Orexita
- Orobiocassis
- Oxylepus
- Parachirida
- Parorectis
- Pilemostoma
- Plagiometriona (incl. Helocassis)
- Psalidoma
- Pseudoctenochira
- Rhacocassis
- Rhoia
- Rhytidocassis
- Saulaspis
- Scaeocassis
- Seminabathea
- Silana
- Smeringaspis
- Sphenocassis
- Strongylocassis
- Syngambria
- Tapinaspis
- Tegocassis
- Tetracassis
- Thlaspida
- Thlaspidosoma
- Thlaspidula
- Trichaspis
- Trigonocassis
- Vietocassis
References
- ↑ Chen, S. H. (1940). "Attempt at a new classification of the leaf beetles". Sinensia 11: 451–481.
- ↑ Chaboo, CS (2007). "Biology and phylogeny of the Cassidinae Gyllenhal sensu lato (tortoise and leaf-mining beetles) (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 305: 1–250. doi:10.1206/0003-0090(2007)305[1:BAPOTC2.0.CO;2]. https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1477&context=entomologyfacpub.
- ↑ López-Pérez, S.; Zaragoza-Caballero, S.; Ochoterena, H.; Morrone, J.J. (2017). "A phylogenetic study of the worldwide tribe Cassidini Gyllenhal, 1813 (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae) based on morphological data". Systematic Entomology 43 (2): 372–386. doi:10.1111/syen.12280.
External links
Data related to Cassidini at Wikispecies- Interactive key to the Cassidini
Wikidata ☰ Q1599904 entry
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